ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A CCCP-65856 Zolochiv
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Date:Friday 3 May 1985
Time:12:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic T134 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator:Aeroflot / Estonia
Registration: CCCP-65856
MSN: 23253
First flight: 1975
Total airframe hrs:18548
Cycles:12306
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 73
Total:Fatalities: 79 / Occupants: 79
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 15
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Zolochiv (   Ukraine)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN), Estonia
Destination airport:Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL), Ukraine
Narrative:
The Tupolev 134, descending for Lvov, collided with an Air Force Antonov 26 (101 red) which had just taken off from Lvov.
The head-on collision occurred at an altitude of FL130

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: Violations of air traffic control rules by the civil approach and the military controllers due to misidentification of the location of both aircraft in the area of the navigational station.

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Aviation Disasters / D. Gero


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Distance from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport to Lviv-Snilow Airport as the crow flies is 1061 km (663 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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